Our People
With 55 employees, Openbook Howden has a dynamic, qualified and diligent workforce.
Our inclusive culture and diversity of team members contributes to innovation of services, products and processes.
Directors
Michael Richards
Gayle Richards
Management
David Lock
Jim Nickolas
Wayne Hogg
Sales & Marketing
Trevor Bailey
Tamara Kemlo
Georgina Taras
John Patton
Danielle Vincent
Kristen Worthington
Customer Service
Our client service team provide exceptional support throughout your print project from proof alterations and approval through to meeting your delivery dates and keeping you informed.
They also provide internal guidance for our online ordering facilities over the phone or via email, guiding you and your team through the inventory management system and providing reporting for all stock on hand.
Find out more about the great work they do through our Client Feedback page.
Design
Our design team consists of 4 highly skilled and trained creative graphic artists. The diversity of our team and their experience within the print industry means that consideration is given to technical specifications and print efficiencies, along with creative solutions to deliver the best outcome for you. From publications including limited edition case bound books through to food packaging requiring industrial design, our team will manage your brand with thoughtful, consistent and creative design.
Prepress
A highly skilled prepress team is vital to the quality of production. Our team of 5 operators are proficient in all programs, providing expert advice on supplying files and images, colour correcting, page impositions, scanning and variable data.
The Artwork Management System in place ensures version control and style guide management, so that only the current version of a product can be printed. This is a critical component of our quality system.
Production
Our trade qualified production department consists of 12 offset and digital press operators, and roll label printers. Extending to the most complex print jobs, short run, long runs or multiple component projects.
These team members are highly experienced and regularly undergo internal and external training to provide you with outstanding results.
Our production team extends to a finishing department including mail insertion, folding, binding, collating and packaging. This is all complemented by our proactive warehouse and logistics personnel, who operate our inventory management warehouse and oversee delivery of your goods.